Rachel Skelley Siegel Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

The Pew Charitable Trusts, Officer, Home Financing

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Primarily focus on research and advocacy in consumer banking and small dollar loan topics with exploratory work in housing finance and access to credit• Lead qualitative research projects, such as writing new focus group questions and creating survey instruments, on overdraft, prepaid accounts, and mobile payment use • Analyze new and existing data using Stata and Excel to lead the writing of reports, chartbooks, and analysis pieceso Respond to Requests For Information from federal regulators using research from my team and other experts on consumer use of financial products and how these contribute to financial health• Speaking engagementso Represented Pew and consumer interests on the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force (2016-2017)o Presented original survey research at the FDIC’s Consumer Research Symposium (2015), U.S. Underserved Roundtable (2016), Opal Financial Innovation and Payments Summit (2017, 2018, 2019)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led the writing of a primer on the credit recovery of borrowers who experienced a foreclosure during the Great Recession. o Analyzed Experian panel data using SAS, interviewed experts and industry leaders, and completed a literature review on the impacts foreclosure has on access to credit and housing

Brookline, Ma

-Operations Manager: Ensure full regulatory and policy compliance.-Manage all audit functions for the branch; interface with external auditors. -Coolidge Corner Merchant Association Representative: Liaison to the Brookline Government

Brookline, Ma

Investment Captain -Ensured that investment goals were met and exceeded within the branch through sales to my clients, coaching and assisting colleagues, and referrals to the Financial Planner. Captained the Save and Invest product launch for the Greater Boston District. -Developed spreadsheets to track progress, created action plans, and led daily conference-calls to ensure the success of the new product. -The Greater Boston District achieved third place nationally in product sales.

Boston, Ma

-Scheduling Manager for over 28 employees: pioneered scheduling in Excel for greater efficiency.-Human Resources Manager in charge of hiring of new associates, training, and sales results.

Waterbury, Vt

-Developed Excel modeling in order to accurately analyze risk regarding the supply and demand of electricity for Vermont municipalities.-Bought and sold power on the short-term markets in order to reduce electricity costs to customers.

Master'S Degree, Economics

Economics classes integrating Stata analysis with regression modeling. Masters level courses in Econometrics, Health Economics, Public.

Ba, Economics

Coursework in Intermediate level Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Econometrics, International Trade and Development Minor.